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Cubans residing in Spain ratify solidarity with the homeland

Madrid, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The VII National Meeting of Cubans Residing in Spain ended today in Galicia, with a call for unity, support and solidarity, and condemnation of the US blockade. The post Cubans residing in Spain ratify solidarity with the homeland first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

Azerbaijan and Iran carry out joint military maneuver Araz 2025

Baku, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense reported that units of that country together with Iranian troops began the joint military exercises Araz 2025. The post Azerbaijan and Iran carry out joint military maneuver Araz 2025 first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

Trump will be unpleasantly surprised by America’s tariff revenues

He should expect billions, not trillions

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Israel launches new incursion into Gaza, vows to partially relax months-long aid blockade

Israel said on Sunday it launched "extensive" new ground operations in its offensive in Gaza and announced it will allow a limited amount of aid into the Palestinian enclave after global experts warned of a famine there due to Israel's nearly three-month blockade.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Turnout down in tight Portugal election

Sunday's snap vote is being held two months after Prime Minister LuΓ­s Montenegro's government fell as a result of the so-called Spinumviva scandal.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

By eroding US soft power, Trump is ceding the contest to China

Trump 2.0 has boosted China’s charm offensive, making its assertive foreign policy and unapologetic authoritarianism look less threatening.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

India’s space agency suffers setback as it fails to launch satellite

Attempt to place satellite into orbit fails after launch vehicle encountered a technical issue, ISRO chief says.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

All hospitals in northern Gaza 'out of service' as Netanyahu hints at end to fighting

All hospitals in northern Gaza 'out of service' as Netanyahu hints at end to fighting Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 05/18/2025 - 10:28 The Israeli prime minister suggests war could end if Hamas is expelled from Gaza People gather around the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike outside the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on 16 May 2025 (Bashar Taleb/AFP) Off All hospitals in...

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Norwegian Refugee Council slams US-backed Gaza aid delivery plan

Norwegian Refugee Council slams US-backed Gaza aid delivery plan Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, has sharply criticised a plan to hand over humanitarian operations in Gaza to a US-backed private group. Taking to X, Egeland called the move β€œa deliberate stalling tactic”, rejecting the notion that private security firms should be involved in delivering aid. β€œThe perverse idea that private security...

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack

The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed nearly 23 years ago in the attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Countries set to adopt β€˜vital’ pandemic preparedness accord

Could the world be better prepared for the next pandemic? As nations continue to deal with COVID-19’s lasting effects, that question is at the heart of an international agreement set to be negotiated in Geneva.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Israel starts Gaza ground assault after hundreds killed, no progress in talks

β€˜Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by [overnight] Israeli bombardment,’ said a Gaza health ministry spokesman.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

At least 13 reported killed in suicide bomb blast in Somalia’s Mogadishu

Suicide bomber targets queue of young recruits registering at a military base in the capital.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

The Nakba: Jaffa's erasure is a warning to Gaza - but history is yet to be written

The Nakba: Jaffa's erasure is a warning to Gaza - but history is yet to be written My grandfather, Ismail Abou Shhadeh - known to most as Abu Subhi - never spoke to us about theNakba. He talked about everything else but had always avoided describing what happened in 1948. It was only throughinterviewshe gave to various media outlets that we came to understand what it meant to live through thecatastrophe of 1948in what...

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Germany updates: Merz attends papal inauguration Mass

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has attended the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. Meanwhile, a new study showed workers in Germany work fewer hours than most international counterparts. DW has more.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Indian professor arrested over social media post on military operation

Ali Khan Mahmudabad from Ashoka University held after complaint filed by a youth leader of the ruling BJP.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

India: Building fire kills 17 in Hyderabad

The fire happened in a building that housed a jewelry store at gound level and residential space above. Authorities say it occurred due to a short circuit.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Javier Cercas: 'It is impossible to invent something as exotic as the Vatican'.

In an interview with Euronews, writer Javier Cercas describes Pope Francis as disruptive. Proof of this is the invitation he received from the Vatican to write a book, despite his declared secularism. Thus was born the novel 'El Loco de Dios en el fin del mundo' (God's Fool at the End of the World).

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Why post-Brexit Britain will always remain a supplicant to Europe

Resets with the EU may improve relations, but they will never give the country the equal standing of a member state

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Value-for-money Haval H7 is rugged and luxurious but slightly unresponsive

The sluggishness of the engine detracts from what is a comfortable, economical vehicle with unorthodox looks

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa favicon Mail & Guardian Africa

A woman leading the African Development Bank would be a strategic investment

The AfDB has been led by men since it was founded in 1964.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa favicon Mail & Guardian Africa

β€œSufficient law” exists for United Nations to end genocide in Gaza

Noura Erakat, a human rights attorney, urged UN states to use their powers to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Romanians vote in cliffhanger presidential election as tensions continue to rise

Stakes have never been this high in Romania's post-communist history, as Romanians vote in a crucial and polarised presidential election. Centrist NicuΘ™or Dan faces nationalist George Simion, with diaspora turnout doubling.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Pandas in Qatar? Meet the Hongkonger helping Chinese national treasures thrive

Giant pandas Suhail and Thuraya live in one of world’s largest air-conditioned enclosures under care of former Ocean Park worker Cissy Kou.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Man arrested over robbing Hong Kong pet shop with fruit knife

Police apprehend suspect less than nine hours after crime, with officers checking footage from cameras set up under surveillance push.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Could AI help elderly people and refugees reconstruct unrecorded pasts?

How a studio in Barcelona is using artificial intelligence to create 'synthetic memories' where no visual records exist.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Latest news bulletin | May 18th – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Who is Fan Daidi? New vice-president of top China university has net worth of US$6 billion

Pioneering scientist who invented high-end collagen facial mask, helped set up Hong Kong-listed firm, prefers laboratory to the boardroom.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Spectacular find: Monumental images of gods discovered at Nineveh in Iraq

2,700 years ago, Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular discovery in the palace of King Assurbanipal. During excavations, they came across the first large-format depictions of two important Assyrian deities.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass attracts tens of thousands, including PM Carney

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history's first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of people, presidents, patriarchs and princes in a ceremony that blended ancient ritual, evocative symbols and a nod to modern-day celebrity.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

South Korea’s election front runner proposes 2-term presidency to decentralise power

Latest polling shows the front runner Lee Jae-myung leading the race with a 51 per cent support rate for the June 3 election.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Portugal: Young men five times more likely to vote for the far-right than women

The author of the report, who is an analyst at the European Policy Centre, explains that far-right movements have been able to take advantage of the frustration of young men under 25 over the 'loss of a stable job and financial independence', which are 'traditional markers of masculinity'.

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Starmer closes in on EU food trade deal in run-up to key summit

Proposed veterinary agreement would mean Britain has to accept EU rules on food safety and animal welfare

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Losing faith: Rural, religious campuses are among the most endangered

DAVENPORT, Iowa β€” The Catholic prayer for the faithful echoed off the limestone walls and marble floor of the high-ceilinged chapel. It implored God to comfort the poor and the hungry. The sick and the suffering. The anxious and the afraid. Then it took an unexpected turn. β€œLord, hear our prayer for St. Ambrose and […] The post Losing faith: Rural, religious campuses are among the most endangered appeared first on The...

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: The Hechinger Report favicon The Hechinger Report

Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law

In 2013, a deep sea mining company named UK Seabed Resources contracted marine biologist Diva Amon and other scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to survey a section of the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast swath of international waters located in the Pacific Ocean that spans around 2 million square miles […]

Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News